Coroner's Finding: SHAW Laurel Jean
Deceased
Laurel Jean Shaw
Demographics
84y, female
Date of death
2018-05-20
Finding date
2020-07-09
Cause of death
multi-organ failure arising from Staphylococcal septicaemia
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Laurel Jean Shaw, aged 84, died from multi-organ failure secondary to Staphylococcal septicaemia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act order for Lewy Body Dementia when she developed MRSA pneumonia and sepsis on 15 May 2018. She was admitted to ICU, intubated, and managed aggressively with antibiotics and vasopressor support. Despite appropriate intensive care treatment, she failed to improve sufficiently and her family consented to withdrawal of life support on 20 May 2018. The coroner found her detention was lawful, care was appropriate, and detention did not contribute to her death. No clinical errors or preventability issues were identified.
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Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infection
- pneumonia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- peripheral vascular disease
- chronic leg ulcer
- acute-on-chronic renal failure
- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- lactic acidosis
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